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Music from Oil Drums

by Toshi and Peter Seeger

Publication date 1956

Topics calypso

Publisher Folkways

Digitizing sponsor Andrew Lowd

Long unavailable, this film presents Pete Seeger (who wrote a manual for playing steel drums) visiting steel drum makers and players in Trinidad. We found the process of tuning the pans particularly interesting.

Color b&w

Identifier MusicFromOilDrums

Run time 20 min.

Sound sound

Year 1956

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Reviewer: janekiwi - - December 14, 2011
Subject: Rights please!!

Hi there - any idea about getting rights for this video? Any help would be much appreciated!

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